#B4AA79#B4AA79

#B4AA79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.067 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA79
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 32.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -3.97, 26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 26.90, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0093 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.067 98)
XYZ	xyz(36.6487, 39.8342, 23.8436)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA79 #7983B4

analogous

#B48D79 #B4AA79 #A1B479

triadic

#B4AA79 #79B4AA #AA79B4

tetradic

#B4AA79 #79B48D #7983B4 #B479A1

square

#B4AA79 #79B48D #7983B4 #B479A1

split-complementary

#B4AA79 #79A1B4 #8D79B4

monochromatic

#736A40 #9A8E56 #B4AA79 #CAC3A0 #E0DCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B4AA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B4AA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA79

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA79	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.067 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc3a0',
    500: '#b4aa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa79;
$custom-light: #cbc3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73442,
    "c": 0.06704,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.39833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA79

secondary

#B9BDD0

accent

#74C563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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